Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Switchmas

I hope you’re having a lovely December and that no
matter what stage you are in your preparation craziness, you are taking time to
enjoy the special magic that comes with the holiday season. I am feeling so happy, and blessed this year to
have some many amazing people who love and support me. I was talking to Lucas last night about how
much he adores his grandfathers. Really,
truly, loves and respects them with all his heart and soul. I was reminded of so many things in this
conversation. I reflected on my own
grandfather, and how Lucas would have enjoyed him so much, and it’s a shame
that he never got to really know him. I
thought about my own relationships, and like so many people during these days
of Christmas and family, I am missing so many people who aren’t here, or who
I’ve just simply lost touch with (some of you even get an email from me every
week!) And mostly, Lucas reminded me
that you truly do get what you put into a relationship. And it’s hard to be best friends with everyone,
to have meaningful relationships with a multitude, but the ones you do make
special, truly are. So no matter how you
are spending your December, please know, that you are truly special to so many
people and take time hug those who you so have the good fortune to see.

I’m not really sure where I left off last week. Monday, I got to have lunch with Fred and
Jay, which a total delight. And it was a
company celebration day, so we had donuts and lattes in the morning. That same evening, I went to Diana’s made
fudge. On Tuesday, it did NOT
snow. Wednesday was the launch of the
new comic book I’ve been working on, so we had a launch party at a local Comic
Book store for a signing and what not.
Pretty sure I caught one of my co-workers doodling inside one of the
comics, but that’s what I get for giving artists a marker and asking them to
sit still for two hours.

We’ve been trying to get me “educated” enough to watch
the 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who, so on Wednesday, we were
final ready. Only, by the time I got
home, Zach was hanging out with friends.
Lucas also wanted to watch it, but didn’t think he could stay up long
enough for Zach & Co. to finish their game.

On Friday, I was invited to go to the Harebrained
Schemes Holiday party at K1 Go Karting place.
I had high hopes, but was very disappointed to find that as soon as I
put the mask and helmet on, I got hella claustrophobic. I was able crack a
small space to enable easier breathing, but overall, I didn’t have any need to
win the race. Some other guests got much
more into the competitive nature of the race – including Nate and Zach who got
*too* competitive to the point where everyone watching looked at Dawne
and said, “I wouldn’t want to go home with those two.” Lucky us!
After the KI portion of the evening, we all went to see the 2nd
Hobbit movie. Dawne and I hadn’t seen
the first Hobbit, but Jordan did a synapsis of the three hour move in two
sentences and we were good to go.

The next morning, the plan had been for half the fam to
go up to Steven’s Pass to go skiing, and then I was going to meet everyone on
Sunday at Leavenworth with the pups.
However, the fam woke up beaten and bruised from the “fun” they had the
night before on the track and couldn’t even consider a day at the slopes. Instead, we all piled into the car and went
straight to Leavenworth. Oh wait! Before
we did that, we sold the mini-quarter pipe that had been sitting in the
garage. Thanks Craigslist!

On our way up, we stopped at Safeway.

Dawne: We better pick up a magazine for the long trip.

Clerk: Oh! Where are you going?

Dawne: Leavenworth.

Clerk (calculating that it was only about a two hour
drive from that point.): Where are you from?

We stopped on our way to let the pups run around in the
snow which was nice. Now, last year,
when the fam went to Leavenworth, they met up accidentally with Rach and
Anders, who got engaged on that same day.
Naturally, when we saw them again this year, we all presented them cards
to celebrate “Our” anniversary. :P We
tried to run into them, but Leavenworth was packed, like could hardly walk,
packed. Some people thought it was
because of the Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony, but we all know the real
reason, “Switchmas.” I movie currently
available on Netflix about a little Jewish boy that ends up in Christmas Town,
AKA, Leavenworth. I don’t want to ruin
the soon to be classic for you, so I’ll leave it at that. Unless you do want it
ruined, in which case here’s the trailer: